Study Says Lack of Tech Workers
Stunts Europe's Economy Growth

By

Brandon Mitchener Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 7, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS -- Western Europe could lose more than 100 billion euros ($97.28 billion) annually in coming years as the result of a shortfall of workers in its information-technology sector, according to a study due to be published Tuesday.

The study, prepared by research firm Datamonitor on behalf of Microsoft Corp., said Western Europe has already lost 110 billion euros in gross domestic product since 1998 from the skills gap in real...